What to Do When the Trailer Brakes Feel Soft and Fail to Stop?

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The solutions for soft trailer brakes that fail to stop are as follows: 1. Check for excessive wear: First, inspect whether the brake pads are excessively worn. Generally, mid-to-high-end vehicles are equipped with brake pad wear warning functions. Once the brake pads wear close to the critical value, a corresponding warning light will illuminate on the dashboard, or when the brake pads wear to the critical value, the brake disc will come into contact with the metal part reserved on the brake pad, producing abnormal noises. At this point, new brake pads need to be replaced. 2. Check for internal leaks: Inspect whether there is internal leakage in the brake master cylinder and wheel cylinders. The brake master cylinder internally uses several rubber cups to squeeze the brake fluid via the brake pedal, and the brake fluid transmits the force to the wheel cylinders, pushing the brake pads to frictionally engage the brake disc to generate braking force. If the rubber cups inside the master cylinder and wheel cylinders wear out, causing internal pressure leakage, it will result in a feeling of soft brakes.